"thump!"
The icy river water cut into Shen Jingyan's body like sharp blades.
"Help! Jingya has jumped into the river and committed suicide!"
Shen Jingyan heard a woman screaming in terror.
The cold water choked her lungs, and her internal organs felt like they were on fire.
What happened?
Isn't she fighting zombies?
How could he suddenly fall into the water?
She struggled to swim upwards, only to find that she was not wearing light combat clothing, but a heavy cotton-padded coat and cotton-padded trousers!
The cotton-padded jacket and trousers were soaked with water, making it feel like he was wearing dozens of kilograms of sandbags. His limbs felt heavy, and no matter how much he struggled, he couldn't swim to the surface.
She plummeted desperately, her breathing growing weaker and weaker...
Suddenly, huge ripples spread across the river.
A tall, dark figure leaped in and stretched out his arm toward her.
Overjoyed, Shen Jingyan gripped that slender hand tightly.
Those arms were strong and powerful, and they pulled her out of the water in one go.
She vaguely heard someone calling her full name, "Chen Jingyan," but her chest felt like it was stuffed with a thousand pounds of cotton, making it hard to breathe.
Two cool, soft lips pressed against her lips, filling her mouth with fresh air.
One bite after another...
Until all four lips became warm.
Chen Jingyan coughed violently, and a mouthful of water gushed from his lungs.
Finally, she could breathe freely again.
I blinked and heard a series of hurried footsteps, but there was no one around.
Where did the man who just saved her go?
"It's right there! Hurry, hurry! If we're too late, someone will die!"
It was that woman's voice from earlier.
Shen Jingyan got up from the snow and looked at the white mountains all around.
The temperature in the post-apocalyptic world has become extremely high, and it has long since stopped snowing.
Has she... traveled through time?
A large group of people ran towards her, all dressed in the style of the 1970s.
People breathed a sigh of relief when they saw her standing unharmed on the shore.
Shen Jingyan was soaking wet, with ice crystals still clinging to her two braids. Her pretty face was as white as a sheet of paper, and her thin body shivered in her soaked cotton clothes.
Upon seeing this, the villagers all showed expressions of sympathy.
"Jingya, why are you so foolish? What's bothering you that you want to jump into the river?"
The speaker was the middle-aged woman who had just shouted for help; her voice was full of heartache.
A burly woman squeezed through the crowd, her face sharp and mean, and pointed at her, cursing:
"You brat, go ahead and die if you dare! Jump down and climb back up, who are you trying to scare?"
She clearly thought that Shen Jingyan had climbed up from the river on her own.
As Shen Jingyan stared at that fierce-looking face, a memory that didn't belong to her flooded her mind.
The original owner shared the same name as her and was the niece of Shen Honggang from Dalin Village. She had no parents.
Aunt Chen Feng is an extremely vicious and selfish woman who doesn't treat the original owner of this body like a human being.
If anything goes wrong, she takes it out on the original owner of the body.
From childhood to adulthood, the original owner of this body was never in good condition; he was always beaten and bruised, and had to do heavy labor.
In the neighboring village of Shangyangzhuang, the eldest son of the Zhao family was involved in a mining accident and received a large sum of compensation. Zhao's mother then decided to use the money to help her younger son get married.
The youngest son was born with a mental disability. He's twenty years old, but his IQ is lower than that of a three-year-old. All he does is eat and sleep.
But Granny Zhao is willing to offer a bride price of five hundred yuan!
You have to understand that in the 1970s, a worker's annual income was only two hundred yuan. Five hundred yuan was a huge sum of money for poor rural people!
Chen Feng had wicked intentions and forced the original owner of the body to marry into the Zhao family.
When Granny Zhao saw that the original owner was beautiful and charming, she was very satisfied. Taking advantage of Shen Honggang's absence, Chen Feng hurriedly dragged Granny Zhao to her home to ask for a bride price, wishing that Granny Zhao would take the person away today.
The original owner was filled with grief and indignation, and in a moment of despair, jumped into the river.
Just then, Shen Jingyan, who was fighting zombies in the apocalypse, transmigrated.
Having figured out the whole story, she gave Chen Feng a disdainful sneer.
She is not like the original owner of this body, who was weak and easily bullied, and could be manipulated by others!
Anyone who dares to scheme against her will be taught a lesson she won't forget!
Chen Feng had no idea that Shen Jingyan had changed her soul, and she kept cursing.
"You brat, girls grow up and leave home. You'll be eighteen next year, and you still want to stay at home and do nothing? I've found you a good family, and you still don't appreciate it? Let me tell you, even if you want to die, you'd better die in the Zhao family!"
"Dafeng, how can you say that? Jingya may not be your biological daughter, but she has worked for your family for so many years. When you find her a husband, you should find someone suitable."
The person who refuted her was her neighbor, Aunt Zhou, who was also the one who had just shouted for help.
“A good-for-nothing who has eaten for free at my house for over ten years. Look around the whole area, do you have such a good aunt as me?”
Chen Feng glared with her squinty eyes and cursed, "That Zhao boy may not be very clever, but he's not missing any limbs, he can still live a long life! The Zhao family is rich now, it's a blessing for that brat to marry into that family!"
As she spoke, she reached out to grab Shen Jingyan's ear, wanting to show everyone that she had the power to decide her fate.
Without any hesitation, Shen Jingyan grabbed Chen Feng's wrist and twisted it forcefully.
Caught off guard, Chen Feng screamed in pain like a pig being slaughtered.
"You're going to die, you little bitch, you dare to lay a hand on me?"
"Aunt, if marrying into the Zhao family is a blessing, why don't you give that blessing to your own daughter?"
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